Maxime Ronis

Maxime Ronis was a Bacardi executive from Cuba.

Biography
Maxime Ronis was an executive from Bacardi, a major rum company in the Caribbean. Ronis was wealthy, living in the city of Havana, Cuba and managing a wealthy business. In 1931, he granted exclusive North American distribution rights to bootlegger Enoch Thompson, supplying him with rum that he could sell to businesses in the United States during Prohibition. Ronis and Thompson's lover Sally Wheet negotiated these deals, and Ronis made good money from the operation. However, Wheet began to worry when 30 Cuban Army soldiers were killed in Jibara, and she would be killed by Cuban troops while leaving Ronis' mansion after curfew.